Abstract: Strategic leadership is now a concept in business well known to add value on aspects that are important to firm performance. The study main objective revolved around the influence of strategic leadership on organizational performance an empirical review. The theories deemed key for the study were agency theory and upper echelon theory. The design that was key for the study was descriptive survey. The findings suggested significant relationship between strategic leadership and organizational performance. The theoretical undertakings involving theories like agency and upper echelon as suggested in the study received a boost in form of confirming their postulates and thus developed further. As per the study, the competitiveness of firms can be well enhanced when leadership at strategic level are aligned to the organizational objectives thus leading to improved organizational performance. In extending the scope of the current study, variables which may form importance such as external environment for example competition and political environment can play key role and therefore ought to be taken in to care by future researchers. In addition such factors as stipulated in the current study may be of great influence when considered to specific contexts like banks, insurance firms as well as MFIs who aspires to grow in to stable firms.
Keywords: Strategic leadership, Organizational Performance.
Title: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL OVERVIEW
Author: Dr. Nyaberi, Justry P. Lumumba
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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